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These were created by two continental plates colliding causing buckling and forcing the land upward.

What are the Himalayas?

100
This is the very lowest of the castes...so low they're not even considered a caste.
What is the Untouchables or Dalits?
100
This is the Hindu name for the Priest class of the caste system.
What is Brahmin?
100
The dominant religion of India is this religion.
What is Hinduism?
100
A belief in what goes around, comes around.
What is karma?
200

One area where you will find a lot of people living in South Asia...helps with trade/transportation.

What is along the coasts?

200

These 2 countries are both mountainous, have poor economies, and rely on tourism of the mountains for their economy.

What are Nepal and Bhutan?

200

The rolling hills on the coasts of India

What are the ghats?

200
This natural disaster in Bangladesh happens for various reasons like storm surges, spring run-off, and heavy monsoons.
What is flooding?
200
This humble Indian man was instrumental in helping India achieve independence.
Who is Gandhi?
300

The division of classes in India.

What is the Caste System?

300

This is the most populated city in the world

What is Dhaka?

300
The tallest mountain in the world, Mt. Everest, is located in this country,
What is Nepal?
300
An area in South Asia where you will find a lot of people living...especially helpful in farming.
What are the rivers and flood plains? or what is the Ganges River and Indo-Gangetic Plain
300
The second major religion in India...13% of the country.
What is Islam?
400

After independence, this was divided into two countries, India for the Hindus, and this country for the Muslims

What is Pakistan--East and West?

400

This is the movement of millions of people to get to the country that represented their religion and culture in 1947

What is the Indian Partition?

400

This is an island in South Asia off the coast of India, known for its teardrop shape

What is Sri Lanka?

400

The sacred river in India

What is The Ganges (Ganga)?

400

Property or money brought by a bride to her new husband

What is a dowry?

500
Effects of rapid urbanization in India
What are high crime rates, poor water supply, not enough trash removal, pollution, lack of infrastructure, not enough housing, high unemployment, not enough sewage systems,
500

Negative effects of the monsoons season

What are flooding, droughts, extreme weather (cyclones), starvation?

500

Natural occurrence that has positive and negative effects in this area

What is the monsoon?

500
This landlocked country was the home of the Taliban

What is Afghanistan?

500
This plain in India is where 1/10th of the world's population lives.
What is the Indo-Gangetic Plain?